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10-K - CBNA 10K 2009 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009.htm
EX-31.2 - CBNA 10K 2009 EX 31.2 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009ex312.htm
EX-21.1 - CBNA 10K 2009 EX 21.1 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009ex211.htm
EX-23.1 - CBNA 10K 2009 EX 23.1 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009ex231.htm
EX-31.1 - CBNA 10K 2009 EX 31.1 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009ex311.htm
EX-32.2 - CBNA 10K 2009 EX 32.2 - COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC.cbna10k2009ex322.htm

Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Community Bank System, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof  (the "Report"), I, Mark E. Tryniski, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)
the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)
the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Mark E. Tryniski
Mark E. Tryniski
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 11, 2010

 
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